# `uk.co.reliness/quiz-trivia` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/uk.co.reliness/quiz-trivia
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness/quiz-trivia
- Version: 1.5.0 (active)
- Publisher: uk.co.reliness (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-07T00:18:15.184Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
UK Data: Quiz questions
Human-checked quiz questions with answers by category and difficulty, from Open Trivia DB
```

Scanned 2026-11-07T00:18:18.120Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 2 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_categories` `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_question_count` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_categories` `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_question_count` `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_questions` `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_true_false` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `trivia_questions`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Multiple-choice quiz questions, each with the correct answer, three wrong answers and the four options in a fixed A-D order with the right letter, from the community-written and moderator-reviewed Open Trivia Database (CC BY-SA 4.0). Pick a category (e.g. sports, geography, film, history) and difficulty, or mix. Good for pub quiz rounds, classroom quizzes and team events. Questions are drawn at random each call and the bank is mostly English-language general trivia; it is not a curriculum-aligned or UK-specific source, and a few answers may date. (cost: 1 credit)
```

### `trivia_true_false`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
True-or-false quiz statements with the correct answer, from the community-written and moderator-reviewed Open Trivia Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), by category and difficulty or mixed. Handy for quick rounds, icebreakers and classroom warm-ups. Statements are drawn at random each call; the true/false bank is smaller than the multiple-choice one, so narrow category plus difficulty combinations may have only a handful. (cost: 1 credit)
```

## Only reads (2)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `trivia_categories`

- The description's first verb is "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "list" and "database": it reads databases.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the Open Trivia Database quiz categories with their ids (e.g. 9 General Knowledge, 21 Sports, 22 Geography, 11 Film), so an agent can plan quiz rounds and pass a category to trivia_questions or trivia_true_false. Covers only the categories this database offers; it does not say how many questions each holds (use trivia_question_count). (cost: 1 credit)
```

### `trivia_question_count`

- The name "trivia_question_count" says "count": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "database": it reads databases.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
How many reviewed questions the Open Trivia Database holds in one category, split into easy, medium and hard, so a quiz round can be planned without asking for more questions than exist (some categories hold only a few dozen hard questions). Counts cover multiple-choice and true/false together; the API does not split them by question type. (cost: 1 credit)
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `quiz-trivia`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_categories",
      "mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_question_count"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_questions",
      "mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_true_false"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_questions`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_true_false`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_categories`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__quiz-trivia__trivia_question_count`: private-data, untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-11-14T12:24:00.468Z, unchanged since 2026-11-07T05:22:39.711Z. No credentials were sent and no tool was called. Values are shown as the endpoint returned them. Method: https://anlyon.dev/methodology#remote-posture

| Fact | Observed |
| --- | --- |
| Reachable | `yes` |
| HTTP status of an anonymous initialize | `200` |
| tools/list served without credentials | `yes` |
| Tools that change things, listed without credentials | `2` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `none` |
| Authorization servers | `none` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `not observed` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `not observed` |

- **warn** Tools that change things, listed to anyone ([unauth-remote-writes](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#unauth-remote-writes))

```untrusted-server-text
The endpoint served tools/list without credentials, and the list has 2 tools that change things (2 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/quiz-trivia: tools/list returned 4 tools to an anonymous client, including trivia_questions (write), trivia_true_false (write)
```